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Tornado Warning 88, NWS Birmingham, AL
NWS Birmingham, AL issued this tornado warning at Mar 1, 2007, 6:02 PM CST for Shelby County, Alabama. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 1, 2007, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2007, 6:30 PM CST
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Birmingham, AL
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Shelby County, AL
The radar
The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 7:28 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 13 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 785 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WFUS54 KBMX 020002 TORBMX ALC117-020030- /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0088.070302T0002Z-070302T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL 602 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...PELHAM...HELENA...ALABASTER...OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK * UNTIL 630 PM CST * AT 600 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR ALABASTER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * THE TORNADO IS WILL BE NEAR... OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK BY 610 PM CST CHELSEA BY 615 PM CST VANDIVER AND VINCENT BY 625 PM CST WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON DOPPLER RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS STORM...MOVE INDOORS AND TO THE LOWEST LEVEL OF THE BUILDING. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF DRIVING...DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER A HIGHWAY OVERPASS. THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CST THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN ALABAMA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER... ON THE WEB WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/BMX (SUBMIT A STORM REPORT) CALL 1-800-856-0758. LAT...LON 3324 8695 3310 8685 3339 8638 3346 8651 $$ KSL
The office that day
Everything else NWS Birmingham, AL issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 6:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Dallas | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chilton | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 6:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Talladega | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 6:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Cherokee | 46 min |
| Mar 1, 6:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 44 min |
| Mar 1, 6:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Coosa | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 7:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Clay | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 7:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Barbour | 8 min |
| Mar 1, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Tallapoosa | 47 min |
| Mar 1, 7:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lowndes, Montgomery | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 7:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Randolph | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Chambers | 40 min |
| Mar 1, 8:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Montgomery | 38 min |
| Mar 1, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Bullock | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 8:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Pike | 32 min |
| Mar 1, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | BMX | Pike | 26 min |
| Mar 1, 8:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Macon | 13 min |
| Mar 1, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Lee, Russell | 39 min |
| Mar 1, 8:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BMX | Barbour | 47 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.